5 Wisconsin news outlets selected for coronavirus reporting grants
Apr. 11, 2020
Five Wisconsin newsrooms have been selected by the Facebook Journalism Project to receive grants to support coronavirus reporting.
Five Wisconsin newsrooms have been selected by the Facebook Journalism Project to receive grants to support coronavirus reporting.
Jerry Minnich, a writer, author and publisher whose work included more than 20 years of Isthmus restaurant reviews, died Friday, March 27. He was 86.
Recent data released by Google sheds light on how well certain communities are adhering to social distancing measures.
William “Bill” Hale, who owned the Grant County Herald Independent in Lancaster for nearly two decades, died April 1, in Florida following a long battle with cancer. He was 78.
Edward James (Jim) McLoone, longtime publisher of the Lake Country Reporter and founder of Lake Country Publications, died Thursday, April 9, at his home. He was 91.
Four national media organizations representing thousands of local newspapers and local broadcast media outlets jointly called on Congress to provide critical support to local news media in its next stimulus bill designed to provide relief to businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Jennifer Lee Blum, whose first job out of college was as news editor for two central Wisconsin newspapers, died Friday, April 3, in Marshfield. She was 57.
The Facebook Journalism Project has launched the COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Grant Program, which will provide grants to both for- and non-profit local news
Wisconsin voters requested a record 1.28 million absentee ballots, but news outlets have found numerous voters who said they waited to receive ballots that did not arrive before Election Day.
Wisconsin’s election during the coronavirus pandemic was marked by lines of voters stretching for blocks on Tuesday in Milwaukee and frustration that some residents — many wearing face masks or respirators — were forced to choose between risking their health and relinquishing their right to vote.
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